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ANZAC 2010 – Mapping our ANZACS

April 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas

Tweet It seems appropriate this ANZAC Day to share a good online resource. Thus I commend to people the Australian National Archives site called Mapping our ANZACS. It provides a way to browse 375,971 records of service in the Australian Army during World War I according to the person’s place of birth or enlistment. Using [...]

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For the Fallen 11.11.2009

November 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas

Tweet In Australia we commemorate our veterans with The Ode. It comes from a poem by Laurence Binyon called For The Fallen, and seems appropriate today: They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And [...]

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ANZAC 2009 – remembering Monash

April 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas

Tweet They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning We will remember them. – Laurence Binyon Australia and our ANZAC history has produced many amazing characters, but General Sir John Monash [...]

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